CVE-2007-4996 (GCVE-0-2007-4996)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-01 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:17
VLAI
Summary
libpurple in Pidgin before 2.2.1 does not properly handle MSN nudge messages from users who are not on the receiver's buddy list, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a nudge message that triggers an access of "an invalid memory location."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1091 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/27088 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481402/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3321 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.pidgin.im/news/security/?id=23 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25872 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-236.shtml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/27010 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2007-09-27 00:00
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